Foundations of Pharmacokinetics
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780306477041
Subjects: Pharmacodynamics; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Pharmacology; Medical / Pharmacology; Pharmacokinetics
First sentence: The term "Pharmacokinetics" was first used by Dost [1] to mean the quantitative study of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs, but pharmacologists have always been aware that drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated from the organism, and that the rates of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination are fundamental in determining the effects on the organism they are administered to.